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Recommendations include implementing a "road diet" for Jasper Street, creating a bike and walking path separate from the road and building a new "civic plaza" gathering space.

City planning officials have agreed to work with IBT Group on redeveloping properties that are part of the Central Manufacturing District.

Jasper Street Summer Fest will return Thursday with the promise of food, fun and music even as city officials solicit feedback on the corridors future.

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Chicago’s annual Bud Billiken parade brought joyful noise to Bronzeville Saturday afternoon as lifelong attendees, new arrivals and Chicago Public Schools families alike celebrated the start of back-to-school season. The parade, now in its 94th year, is the largest African American parade in the United States and the second largest parade overall, behind only the Rose Bowl.A beloved tradition ...

Chicago police are investigating a shooting in McKinley Park that left two teenagers wounded Thursday morning. 

The City Council unanimously voted for a road diet to create dedicated no-automobile lanes from Union Station to UMKC. | Opinion

Project managers say transit-only lanes along an expanded KC Streetcar route could increase safety for riders, pedestrians, and improve traffic for everyone on the road.

The work over the last couple years to bring the KC Streetcar south to the University of Missouri - Kansas City campus may have had a spin-off benefit beyond just expanding the streetcar line.

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